Extended Monitoring Guide
The MIB file ZENOSS-MIB.txt is found at the base directory within the TrapForwarder distribution. Import this MIB into the event management system that you plan to forward to events to so that the SNMP traps that Zenoss will generate can be properly interpreted. Consult the documentation for the remote SNMP manager for instructions.
From the navigation bar, click on Settings.
Click the Daemons tab.
Look for the trapforwarder daemon on the left-hand side and then click on the edit config button.
Specify the following properties that are expected by your remote SNMP trap receiver.
Table 44.2. trapforwarder Configuration File Options
Name Description community
SNMP community name sent in each trap
trapsink
hostname or IP address of the remote SNMP trap receiver
Required ZenPacks
ZenPacks.zenoss.TrapForwarder
Click to save your changes.
Click the Daemons tab and look for the trapforwarder daemon on the left-hand side and then click on the Start button.
From the navigation bar, click on Event Manager.
Click the Commands tab.
Choose the events you want to forward, based on the example already setup called SNMP Trap. Click into it to edit.
The example is setup to forward all new events from production devices with a severity of warning or greater. You may want to limit this further.
Once configuration of the rule is complete, click on the Enabled field and set it to
True.Click to save your changes.